Assessing the impact of voluntary sustainability standards in Amazonian enterprises involved in the acai value chain.

ABSTRACT: The diversity of sustainable certifications raises questions about the credibility, intentions, and impacts of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) on Global Value Chains (GVC). Few studies show the impacts of VSS on different sustainable dimensions in sectors such as the non-timber forest product (NTFP) sector. This paper aims to investigate in the value chain of the most important NTFP in the Amazon, açaí, whether VSS contributes to sustainable outcomes in the Governance, Environmental, Economic, and Social dimensions. Using case studies in enterprises of the açaí chain and the use of tools and indicators was possible to generate information that is currently scarce for NTFPs in the Amazon from the VSS perspective. The results show that there is a great distance that the weakest link

SUBMITTER: Fernandes Martins K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11301205 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature